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Metropolitan see Hohhot, China

Archdiocese of Hohhot

Soeiiüenen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Suiyuan (Hohhot) is the Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese for central Inner Mongolia, China, seated at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Hohhot. Paul Meng Qinglu has been its metropolitan archbishop since 2010, an appointment recognized by both the Holy See and the Chinese government.

On the map

Esri
Hohhot, China, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1946
Catholics
41,932
Territory
100,000 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Paul Meng Qinglu

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hohhot stands in Hohhot, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Seated in the city of Hohhot in China, the Archdiocese of Suiyuan/Hohhot is a Roman Catholic jurisdiction known in Latin as Soeiiüenen(sis) and in Chinese as 綏遠 or 呼和浩特.